Dr Christian Karbaum

Experience and Matters

Examples of Christian Karbaums's recent experience include:

• Defence in cartel investigations and administrative proceedings, e.g. on behalf of Deutsche Post AG/DHL in administrative proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office concerning mail consolidation services; Deutsche Telekom AG in the context of the acquisition of Unitymedia by Vodafone, defence advice in cartel cases like ‘car parts’, ‘routers’, ‘specialised mining works’, ‘railway technology’, ‘power transformers’, “flour” and ‘food retail’
• Enforcement of cartel damages claims: Out-of-court and in court representation of claimants in the cartel damages or abuse cases "Technical building equipment", "Patent abuse re Copaxone", "Aluminium forging", "Steel forging", "Stainless steel", "Heavy plates", "Air cargo", “high-voltage cables”
• Defence against cartel damage claims, e.g. in the cases "railway technology", "beer", "flour", "drugstore items", "sanitary items", "sausages", "food packaging" and “gas-insulated switchgear”
• Enforcement of claims according to the DMA, e.g. for a German digital group against Google through civil lawsuits and complaint proceedings before the European Commission

• Advice on the enforcement of standard-essential patents (SEPs), e.g. for Samsung in an international dispute with the Chinese group Datang
• Advice in the context of market power, e.g. on access or supply claims in the context of data pools or platforms
• Preparation and implementation of mergers (merger control and investment control): e.g. Scania AB in the formation of a joint venture with Sennder, Provinzial Rheinland in its merger with Provinzial Nordwest, United Internet AG in its takeover bid for Tele Columbus AG, in the acquisition of Strato AG and Drillisch AG, and in the creation of an affiliate marketing network (AWIN AG) with Axel Springer; Haniel in the acquisition of Emma Sleep ("Bettzeit"), Rovema and the continental European business of Rentokil Initial; AHG in the sale of its hospital business to Median; private equity funds such as EMH Partners, etc.
• Compliance: Including advice on antitrust issues relating zu distribution, cooperation between competitors, collaboration in associations, the design of B2B and B2C marketplaces, and the development and review of compliance structures and internal investigations.